Red River campaign order of battle: Confederate explained

The following is the organization of the Confederate forces engaged in the Red River campaign, during the American Civil War in 1864. Order of battle shows the army organization during the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations

Military rank

• LG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured
  • 10-pdr PR = 10-pounder Parrott rifle 12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon
• 12-pdr how = M1841 12-pounder howitzer
  • 3.8" JR = 3.8-inch James rifle 30-pdr PR = 30-pounder Parrott rifle
• 6-pdr gun = M1841 6-pounder field gun

District of West Louisiana

LG Richard Taylor^[1]

Infantry

Taylor's corps! Division! Brigade! Regiments and others

		12th Texas Infantry Regiment Col Overton C. Young
		18th Texas Infantry Regiment Col William H. King
		22nd Texas Infantry Regiment
		13th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Anderson F. Crawford
		Haldeman's Texas Battery: Cpt Horace Haldeman
	2nd Brigade BG Horace Randal	11th Texas Infantry Regiment
		14th Texas Infantry Regiment
		28th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Eli H. Baxter
		6th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted): Ltc Robert S. Gould
		Daniel's Texas Battery: Cpt James M. Daniel
	3rd Brigade BG William R. Scurry	3rd Texas Infantry Regiment Col Philip N. Luckett^[2]
		16th Texas Infantry Regiment Col George Flournoy
		17th Texas Infantry Regiment
		19th Texas Infantry Regiment
		16th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col William Fitzhugh
		1st Texas Field Battery Cpt William Edgar^[3]
Mouton's Infantry Division BG Alfred Mouton (k) BG Camille de Polignac	Polignac's Brigade BG Camille de Polignac Col James R. Taylor (k) Ltc Robert D. Stone	15th Texas Infantry Regiment Ltc James E. Harrison
		17th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col James R. Taylor
		22nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Ltc Robert D. Stone
		31st Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Maj Frederick Malone
		34th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Ltc John H. Caudle
		18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Col Leopold L. Armant (k)
		Crescent (24th) Louisiana Regiment Col J. H. Beard (k)^[4]
		28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Ltc William Walker (k)
	Artillery Maj T. A. Faries^[5]	1st Louisiana Regular Battery Cpt James M. T. Barnes, 2 × 12-pdr Nap, 2 × 3.8" JR
		Cornay's Battery Cpt Florian O. Cornay (k), Lt John B. Tarleton, 2 × 12-pdr Nap, 2 × 12-pdr how
		Boone's Battery Lt Maunsel Bennett, 2 × 30-pdr PR

Cavalry

BG Thomas Green

Texas Cavalry Corps! Division! Brigade! Regiments and others

		23rd Texas Cavalry Regiment Col Nicholas C. Gould
		26th Texas Cavalry Regiment Ltc J. J. Meyers
		36th Texas Cavalry Regiment Col Peter C. Woods
	Buchel's Brigade Col Augustus Buchel (k)	1st Texas Cavalry Regiment Ltc William O. Yager
		35th (Likens') Texas Cavalry Regiment Col James B. Likens^[6]
	Lane's Brigade Col Walter P. Lane (w) Col George W. Baylor	1st Texas Partisan Rangers Ltc R. P. Crump
		2nd Texas Partisan Rangers Col Isham Chisum
		2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade) Col George W. Baylor, Ltc John W. Mullen
		3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade) Ltc George T. Madison
	Bagby's Brigade BG Arthur P. Bagby Jr.	4th Texas Cavalry Regiment
		5th Texas Cavalry Regiment Col Henry C. McNeill
		7th Texas Cavalry Regiment Ltc Philemon T. Herbert
		13th Texas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Edward Waller
Steele's Cavalry Division BG William Steele^[7]	Parson's Brigade Col William H. Parsons^[8]	12th Texas Cavalry Regiment Col William H. Parsons
		19th Texas Cavalry Regiment Col Nathaniel M. Burford
		21st Texas Cavalry Regiment Col George W. Carter
		Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Charles L. Morgan
		10th Texas Field Battery Cpt J. H. Pratt
Corps Artillery	Artillery Maj Oliver J. Semmes	Moseley's Texas Battery: Cpt Willam G. Moseley
		Val Verde Texas Battery Cpt T. D. Nettles, 2 × 6-pdr gun, 2 × 12-pdr how
		McMahan's Texas Battery: Cpt M. V. McMahan
		West's Louisiana Battery Cpt John A. A. West, 2 × 10-pdr PR, 2 × 12-pdr how
Unattached Cavalry	Unbrigaded Cavalry	2nd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment Col William G. Vincent

Attachments

BG Thomas James Churchill

Churchill's corps! Division! Brigade! Regiments and others

	Tappan's Brigade Col H. L. Grinstead	19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Ltc William R. Hardy
		33rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment Ltc Thomas D. Thomson
		26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Ltc Iverson L. Brooks
		32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Hicks
		36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col James M. Davie
	Hawthorn's Brigade^[9] BG Alexander T. Hawthorn	34th Arkansas Infantry: -
		35th Arkansas Infantry -
		37th Arkansas Infantry -
		Cocke's Arkansas Infantry Col John B. Cocke
	Artillery	6th Arkansas Field Battery Cpt Chambers B. Etter
	1st Brigade BG John Bullock Clark Jr.	8th Missouri Infantry Regiment Col Charles S. Mitchell
		9th Missouri Infantry Regiment Col Richard H. Musser
		1st Missouri Field Battery Cpt Samuel T. Ruffner
	2nd Brigade Col Simon P. Burns	10th Missouri Infantry Regiment Col William M. Moore
		11th Missouri Infantry Regiment Ltc Thomas H. Murray
		12th Missouri Infantry Regiment Col Willis M. Ponder
		16th Missouri Infantry Regiment Ltc P. W. H. Cumming
		9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion Maj L. A. Pindall
		Lesueur's Missouri Battery: Cpt A. A. Lesueur

References

• Book: . Battles and Leaders of the Civil War . 4 . 1987 . 1883 . Castle . Secaucus, N.J. . 0-89009-572-8 .
• Book: Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. . Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 . 1989 . Louisiana State University Press . Baton Rouge, La. . 0-8071-2102-9 .
• Web site: Blessington . Joseph P. . The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division . 1875 . Lange, Little & Co. . New York, N.Y. . December 3, 2022 .
• Web site: Frazier . Donald . Val Verde Battery . 1995 . . December 23, 2022 .
• Web site: Kiper . Richard Leslie . Dead-end at the crossroads: the battles of Mansfield (Sabine Crossroads) and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 8 and 9 April 1864: Master's Thesis . 1976 . . Houston, Tex. . December 3, 2022 .
• Web site: . A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXIV Part I . U.S. Government Printing Office . Washington, D.C. . 1891 . 630 . December 6, 2022 .

Notes and References

1. Taylor's superior was General Edmund Kirby Smith whose account stated that he arrived at 2 am after the Battle of Mansfield on 8 April 1864. Smith did not mention who was in overall command at the Battle of Pleasant Hill,(Battles & Leaders, p. 372) but another account assumed Taylor was in charge. (Battles & Leaders, p. 355)
2. 3rd Texas Infantry remained at Shreveport. (Kiper, p. 180)
3. Edgar's Battery was captured at the Battle of Henderson's Hill on 21 March 1864. (Kiper, p. 180)
4. All of the Crescent Regiment's field officers were killed at Mansfield. (Bergeron, p. 146)
5. Kiper's order of battle listed no artillery for Mouton's division. The 1st Regulars Battery was listed as unattached, and Cornay's and Boone's batteries were not listed at all. (Kiper, p. 181) Faries stated that he commanded the division's artillery and reported on all three batteries. (Official Records, pp. 630–632) Cornay's was "lightly engaged" at Mansfield, Boone's fought at the Battle of Mansura, and Barnes' and Cornay's fought at Mansura and the Battle of Yellow Bayou. Cornay was killed in a clash with gunboats at Cane River. (Bergeron, pp. 17–21)
6. Likens' Regiment arrived after Pleasant Hill and was engaged in the pursuit of Banks' army. (Kiper, p. 179)
7. Steele's Division arrived after Pleasant Hill and was engaged in the pursuit of Banks' army. (Kiper, p. 179)
8. This brigade's commander alternated between Parsons and George W. Carter.
9. Official Records, Series I, Vol. XXXXI, Part 3